Cup tip: It's odds-on for warm, wet and sticky

Hot northerly winds created sticky conditions in Melbourne overnight, with the mercury not dipping below a balmy 23 degrees in the city.

That is 12 degrees above the long-term average minimum temperature for the month, and the Bureau of Meteorology has forecast more warm conditions for tonight as a hot-air mass from central Victoria is blown across the state.

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The weather is likely to clear for the Melbourne Cup, but meteorologists say there's still a chance of some wild weather.

Senior forecaster Dean Stewart said a low of 23.3 degrees was recorded in the city at 10.10pm, before the mercury began climbing again towards today's forecast top of 27.

Mr Stewart said warm conditions were experienced right across the state overnight, including Mildura which hit a low of 23.5 degrees at 11.30pm. By 5am it had already hit 31 degrees in the regional city.